Charlestown, Rhode Island – October 2, 1944
U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat
U.S. Navy photo
On the night of October 2, 1944, an F6f-5 Hellcat, (Bu. No. 70998), was coming in to land at the Charlestown Navy Auxiliary Air Field after a training flight when the pilot got vertigo and misjudged the altitude and distance to the runway. The aircraft crashed a half-mile short of the runway and was damaged beyond all repair. The pilot survived.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report dated October 2, 1944.
